Re: [Dragora-users] Proposal: flexible script to create different images

[DustDFG]

On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 10:38 PM Matías Fonzo <selk@dragora.org> wrote:
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> El 2022-06-03 23:52, DustDFG escribió:
> > On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 4:46 PM Matías Fonzo <selk@dragora.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> El 2022-06-03 04:47, DustDFG escribió:
> >> > On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 6:49 PM Matías Fonzo <selk@dragora.org> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> El 2022-06-02 09:29, DustDFG escribió:
> >> >> > Hello Matias!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I apologize for coming back to this
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 7:00 PM Matias Fonzo <selk@dragora.org> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> El 2022-04-27 04:12, DustDFG escribió:
> >> >> >> > Hi,
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> No, I was talking about to modify the output of packages by 
> >> >> >> >> default
> >> >> >> >> (from Qi), but first I want to check if we can just include the
> >> >> >> >> packages
> >> >> >> >> in a ISO handling the category name in the packages, for e.g: all 
> >> >> >> >> the
> >> >> >> >> @core.tlz packages for the ISO (CD 1).
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > I think that if we don't worry about size of this iso image, it 
> >> >> >> > doesn't
> >> >> >> > look like
> >> >> >> > a problem because we can use 'find' utility. I still can't 
> >> >> >> > understand
> >> >> >> > what
> >> >> >> > you
> >> >> >> > mean. What does modification of packages by default means?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> The size of the ISO matters, since we have to create the images for
> >> >> >> several CDs, in 700mb maximum. To achieve this you have to adjust or
> >> >> >> change the output of the packages for the files containing the build
> >> >> >> orders. For example, the packages generated from 00-core.order would
> >> >> >> be
> >> >> >> installed to /var/cache/qi/packages/cd1/ with the rest continuing to
> >> >> >> wrap their output for the next CD number. So from stage 2 you can
> >> >> >> create
> >> >> >> the images for the CDs. It also gives the possibility of doing what
> >> >> >> you
> >> >> >> suggested before, once the packages are generated, they will be
> >> >> >> available in the packages/ directory, when chrooting in, Qi can be
> >> >> >> used
> >> >> >> to install directly, for example. the core from
> >> >> >> var/cache/qi/packages/cd1.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Apart from this, my proposal is to create a rootfs, which you unpack
> >> >> >> directly, which is more direct and faster than having to install
> >> >> >> packages one by one via Qi.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> > What do you think the rootfs must contain?
> >> >>
> >> >> The rootfs can contain whatever the final system produces, usually
> >> >> everything (packed in a tar.gz).
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > It will be a big file. Why not tarlz?
> >>
> >> Because tar/gzip is more widely supported, and some laptops
> >> (Chromebooks, if I'm not mistaken) only support this format (to be
> >> loaded in a SD card), I don't know if other formats are supported.
> >>
> >> > I also want to ask you about temporary system. Can we pack it like a
> >> > cross-compiler?
> >>
> >> I don't recommend it, since they contain the hard-coded paths to
> >> fulfill
> >> its purpose, a prior step ensuring that the final system build will
> >> not
> >> be contaminated by host system stuff.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Is it only tools directory?
>
> Yes, exactly.  This does not represent a running system (with a kernel
> image, etc.) but it is about temporary tools to build the final system.
>

I tried to understand what depends on hard coded paths but I couldn't
do it. In every place we know where is tools directory. I can't
understand why we need link to tools directory and what depends on it.
Could you explain it, please?